Friday, March 20, 2015

Well... I guess our blog has come to an end. I ran out of space on my Google+ account (which is one reason I stopped posting... I was trying to figure out how to increase storage or delete non-necessary stuff...), and so I deleted my back-up of my photos, which in turn deleted every picture from my blog. Boo. I didn't use Google+ to upload my pictures to my blog... so I didn't think this would happen. I was warned, but I ignored the warning. So it's my own dang fault. Boo again. Maybe at another time in my life I will start up again. I will let you know if I do. Until then... adieu.

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

I took Lincoln, Parker, and Charity with me to visit family in Idaho from the 22nd to the 27th. Both my sisters were there, and since the twins will NOT nap anywhere but in their own cribs, I thought it would be a good idea. Jesse stayed home with Griffin & Oliver, and off we went!

I was nervous about the actual traveling... since both boys are potty trained (and Parker seems to have a tiny bladder...). But I just planned on stopping once for up to about an hour, and possibly one more 20 minute stop to feed the baby.

We left after church at about nap time, so I told Lincoln and Parker if they took a nap, they could watch a show on the iPad. After I said that, I think Lincoln was asleep in 3 minutes. Charity woke up in the Salt Lake area, so we stopped for dinner at a sit-down restaurant so I could feed her and we could have a semi-private booth. I was quickly reminded why I do not take our kids to sit-down restaurants EVER anymore. Parker was running around the restaurant while I was feeding Charity. Charity despised the nursing cover, so I ended up just nursing her as discreetly as possible in front of the waiter (sorry!). And both boys would hardly touch their food. I made sure not to give any snacks in the van beforehand so they would eat a decent dinner. But basically they each ate a couple bites of chicken and a cup of milk. Oh well.

This is not at all how it seemed...

Then after we crossed the Idaho border, Charity woke up again to eat. I let the boys run around this little bridge while I nursed her. It was almost dark so I wanted to wear them out so they would sleep once we got to Grandma's house.

Charity woke up again, but I just powered through it and kept driving since we were less than an hour away at that point. We got there at just before 11pm. Time to party!

Monday, July 21, 2014

For the first couple months of Charity's life, she got to join us for date night. As long as she slept through dinner and a movie, or whatever else we did, it was easy. She started being more awake... so now we usually leave her at home with the babysitters (yes, more than one!) if we can find two, that is.

She is almost 2 months old in these pictures & video. She started smiling with some prompting about 6 weeks. Love it!!!

We went to dinner, and afterwards it was so pleasant outside (we had been in the 100's, but this week it was a lot cooler) we took a walk around the temple, pushing Charity in her stroller.

I wanted to take pictures of the boys for Father's Day and get them printed, and then put them in a frame he could keep on his desk at his office... but it was so stinkin' hot outside (it was even 10am!) already, so all the kids were grumpy that I was making them do something so horrifying... It turned out cuter than I thought it would, but still not something I would want to print and put in a frame... maybe I will have more forethought another year...